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In which we highlight what is seasonal, talk to those who grow it, and share a recipe (or two). This week: green tomatoes.
The top 100 landowners of America, who collectively own about the same amount of acreage as the state of Connecticut.
He Once Grew the Biggest Pumpkin Ever in Virginia. Now He’s Going to Change the World
Lucky was big, but she had nothing on Last Chance, the 1,138-pound Leviathan that Layton grew in 2007 and which still stands as the state record for the largest pumpkin, well past ...
Lillian Colton: The Queen of Crop Art
Lillian Colton first entered a crop art competition 1966. Eleven years, she had earned the title of “the Andy Warhol of seeds.”
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: a car crashes into a barn.
At The Yiddish Farm Education Center, an organic farm and school in Goshen, NY, students live sustainably while participating in intensive Yiddish immersion programs.
In New Orleans, Vietnamese-American Farmers Band Together
How the VEGGI (Village de l’Est Green Growers Initiative) Farmer’s Cooperative aims to help urban farmers thatincrease local food access, create quality and sustainable jobs and promote sustainable growing practices in their community.
Foodies Convene on the Lawn of America’s First Foodie: Thomas Jefferson
The gardens and orchards at Monticello contain many of the 330 different crops and 170 fruit varieties that Jefferson is believed to have grown. In other words, he was a bit of a nut for crop diversity.
